Improvement in machine for fastening bottoms to cans



` tion, in which- 4'proved clamping-machine.

` ing theturned-up edges of .sheet-metal plates to the sides ot' polygonal sheet-metal vessels, so' as to thereby securely fasten such" plates or bottomsy to the vessels.

ofa series of slides andof `a` spring-support,by which np abonton a level with the slides to receive the can,

while it can then beforced down to. be lower than the l oftle'cangas shown. Eachgslide is (b ya link, (l, which wait-Bd' girare Renens` BRADYQOF NEW-YORK, N. Y.'

Letters Patent No. 95,190,

dated September 28, 1869.

IMPROVEMENTIN .MACHINE Fon rasa-nam@ BOTToMs To cANs.

The Schedulerefen'ed l'to in these Letters Patent and making part of the saine.

To all whom it ma/y concern.-

Be it known that I, Rennen BRADY, `of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Machine lforllasteningthe'Bottoms to .Poiygonal Sheet- Metal Gans; andI do hereby declare that the following'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable` others Vskilled in the art to` make and use `the same, reference being had to the aecompanying drai`vings,forming part of `this specifica- `Figure l represents a sectional elevation of my imi Figure 2 lis a plan or top view ofthe same.

` Figure 3is la detail enlarged section of' thelsame.

Similarl lettersof'- reference indicate corresponding parts. `r l n This invention relates to anew machine for crimprlhe inventionconsistsl in the general arrangement the `bottom is crimped and supported, as hereinafter more fnllydescribed. 5

l A, in the drawing, represents the bed of the ma chine. In it is provided a four or` more sided aperture or depression, for the ,reception of the can-support B. 'This is a plate of such size that-it will fit into the pan-shaped bottom a of the can, as shown,

It is placednpon springs, C C, so that it will be held slides, when the machine'isin operation. p The slides O Care plates; made of metal, or other suitable material, placed upon the bed A between ixed n guide-ribs orv plates, c, that are securedto'or formed on said bed.`

The clamping-edges of `the slides so formed lthat each one embraces one' corner and twohalf sides The slides, instead of being on a is by a pin, e, pivoted to the bed A)connected with a ring, E, which ring, when turned, moves the slides in l or out, at will. Each link is, as aforesaid, pivoted 'to the bed A by a pin, e, said pin' passing through a slot of the slide, while a pin, f, connects theilink to the slide.

The bottom, a, of the can is, before itis placed upon the machine, stamped, to have a trough-shaped edge,

as in iig. 1.

Into this trough is' placed the lower edgeof the can F, and the can is then forced down by a lever, G'.

The' ring E is then turned, and the slides are thereby forced against the outer upward-projecting portion g, ofthe bottom, a, clamping the said`portion'and the lower part of the can between the bevellededges of the ,plate B and slide C, as shown in iig. 3." The lower part ofthe can-body, as well as the outerpart of the bottom.a, is thus forced outward, as .shown in-g. 3," so'that the bottom is thereby firmly clamped to the can., Y V` v l.

For spice-boxes, 86e., this invention is of' great value.

if desired, be worked on an inclined support.

This invention is equally applicable to cans which have ventilated covers.l Y

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1-. The combination of a'yielding bevelled can-support, B, withV slides C O and actuating-ring E, all arranged and operating as set forth.

2. The arrangement, on the bed A, of theactuatngring E andthe levers d, swinging on movable fulcra, and impelling the slotted slides O, in the manner described.` y

REUBEN BRADY.

Witnesses: Y

GEO. W. M Annn,

l'. ALEX. F. Itonnn'rs.

horizontal bed, may, 

